Van Gogh Reborn!

Chapter 118

Michelle grinned as she counted the days. 

Henry, who was preparing a gift 15 days ahead of the birthday, felt cute. 

Michelle, who asked, 

"But how did you know his birthday?" soon regretted why she asked it. 

With the intelligence power of the Marceau family, finding the birthday of a 10-year-old boy wouldnt be hard. 

"Why do you ask if you know?" 

Henry searched where he kept his 285th self-portrait. 

Soon it was indicated on the monitor that it was in the fifth column of the Marceau Gallery storage room 2. 

Are you okay by the way? 

What? 

The strange investment. Didnt you invest to look at Huns work process?" 

Henry Marceau paused at Michelle Platini's words. 

No. 

No? 

Michelle asked in surprise. 

It was an investment to directly check Ko Hun's work, which was not understandable by common sense. 

Somehow, he looked around the filming site immediately, while Ko Hun stayed in Germany for a while due to his personal schedule. 

When he came to Paris, he couldn't check the work process because he was distracted by the idea of showing off his collection. 

I just invested because the movie looked good. 

Hmm. 

Michelle squinted at Henry. 

It's true. 

Yeah, it's better than investing to sneak on a little boy. Okay, I'll get going." 

Henry Marceau left alone in the office, twitched his lips. 

This time, he thought he would reveal the secret of Ko Hun, but he failed. 

The boy cleverly avoided the situation by praising Sherry Gado's cooking skills, in addition to praising Millet and his other collections. 

Im weak.

He vowed to definitely check the process of the work, but the boy got away while flattering him. 

Henry Marceau, who thought that the brash little boy had become quite cute, gave up trying to give him his 285th self-portrait as a gift. 

Coloring book, huh. 

Henry searched a coloring notebook for children with cartoon characters. 

When I came back from school, Uncle Bang and an unknown person were doing something in an empty room. 

They put in something that I hadn't seen before. 

When I greeted Uncle Bang, he looked proud. 

"What do you think?" 

I don't know what to say when I dont know what he was doing. 

"Are you done?" asked the grandpa, who came in after me. 

"Yes, I think we just need to test it." 

Uncle Bang sat in front of a small TV and did something, and soon his face got reflected. 

Its interesting because there's nothing that looks like a camera. 

"Where's the camera?" 

"Here." 

I couldn't believe I could film it like I was in a broadcasting station with a cute lens on a small TV, and I was surprised when grandpa said that I could even do it with my smartphone. 

I thought it could only take pictures. 

It can really film a video. 

Come to think of it, it could make a video call, then why didn't I think it could record? 

I wonder if my brain is getting sloppy. 

"If you press this, the microphone turns on and this is the button to turn on the cam." 

"What's cam?" 

"Short for a camcorder." 

"Camcorder?" 

The person who came with Uncle Bang explained this and that, but there were so many things I didn't know, so Uncle Bang decided to help me for the time being. 

"I'll be with you on the show anyway. I have to manage the chat window and fix it if there's any problem." 

Uncle Bang is reliable. 

Then do I have to draw in this place from now on? 

You don't have to. When preparing for an exhibition or The Strange Castle, it can't be revealed in advance, so it's right not to do it then. You can use this place when you want to communicate with your fans comfortably." 

Uncle Bang helped me join a site called Goggles. 

I don't have to draw every time I use this, right? 

Yes, you can do anything you want. You can do it in earnest later if it's fun." 

For now, Ill do it just for fun. 

I'm looking forward to doing something like Schmincke's promotional broadcast since it felt pretty fun at that time. 

"Then I'll do it later. I have to finish The Strange Castle concept art and I also have a test." 

"Test?" 

Uncle Bang asked with a doubtful expression. 

"What, Uncle Bang?" 

"Elementary school doesn't have exams. Is Berk elementary school different?" 

He looked up at grandpa in surprise and grandpa smiled awkwardly. 

"Isn't it such a strange place?" 

I thought it was unusual because they always teach something I couldn't understand. 

The tuition is also too expensive and I feel cheated. 

I was right when I said I would go to a Public school. 

Then you wouldn't have met Sihyeon? You couldnt have eaten the delicious food. 

Come to think of it, it's not like everything was bad. 

It is a great fortune to be able to eat new and delicious food every lunch, even if it's worth 100 million won a year. 

"And it's okay if you don't study for the exam. It doesn't matter if you get zero points. You just have to work hard on what you like.

"It'll be upsetting."" 

"It's okay. School is just for making friends." 

If that's the only reason, I don't think I should have gone to this expensive school. 

Grandpa's love is really incomprehensible. 

After a while, Uncle Bang and the installer returned and we had a snack time. 

I was able to focus on today's work because I felt good eating the ice cream that I bought with grandpa while coming from school. 

Since all the Character designs have been drawn, all that remains is to draw the scene based on the background settings created by the team members. 

There are two scenes I'm in charge of. 

One is the scene where Isidore Beautrelet turns over the invitation. 

Its a scene that takes place before Arsene Lupin's appearance, and can be said to be the most important scene in the movie The strange Castle. 

The second scene was Arsene Lupin's lover Ray dying. 

In the original, it is said that Herlock Sholmes shot her to death, but in Nolan's screenplay, it was changed to a police officer trying to capture Arsene Lupin and make a name. 

The heartbreaking final moments of Ray, who jumps to protect her lover, and the expressions of Isidore and Herlock Sholmes, who are in shock, should also be expressed starkly. 

Because I was young, grandpa, Nolan, and the movie staff tried to leave the scene to someone else.

I was stubborn because I could not be said as the Concept Art manager if I didnt draw the best moment in the movie. 

I thought about various ways to draw the first scene with Isidore, but I haven't decided anything on the second scene yet. 

The biggest problem is composition. 

I thought I should avoid unrealistic compositions because they had to shoot, but Nolan said, I can draw however I want. 

I don't know how that's possible, but I believe it can be done if its Nolan. 

There's no restriction. It is up to me how the five people Lupin, Isidore, Ray, Sholmes, and the police officer can be put in one scene. 

"Manet was good at this." 

Another genius, Edouard Manet, surprised the world through his work [A Bar at the Folies-Bergre ] at least for those who can understand what he meant. 

To cool off my head, I searched [A Bar at the Folies-Bergre ] on the tablet. 

It is a work that I can't help but admire Eduard Manet's excellence. 

Several people are seen in the mirror behind the woman looking forward. 

The viewer of the painting looks at the woman from the  gentleman's perspective in the right mirror, but the reflection of the mirror is very distorted. 

If you drew it realistically, the back of the woman in front of you should come to the center of the picture, and the man wearing the hat should only show his hat, ears, and shoulders. 

Critics at the time accused Eduard Manet of being a moron who could not even understand the reflection of light while looking at the foreground of Folies-Bergre. 

It was done intentionally to show a wide view that simultaneously expresses a depressed individual placed in that colorful place.

What a bold and extraordinary idea. 

KNOCK KNOCK. 

"Hun, are you still drawing?" 

Grandpa knocked on the door. 

Looking at the clock, it's already time for dinner. 

"No, come in, grandpa." 

As soon as Grandpa comes in, he sees [A Bar at the Folies-Bergre] and smiles. 

Oh, it's Manet. 

Yes, I'm trying to figure out the concept art composition. 

Good. Good. 

Grandpa sat next to me. 

"People who saw the painting for the first time cursed Manet for being an idiot who didn't even know the basics." 

It seems that it is still a famous anecdote that fools who do not know the basics insulted Manet while ignoring the intention of the Artist.

But it turned out that this composition was possible. 

What?

I was surprised. 

I only guessed Edouard Manet's intention, but I didn't think it was actually possible. 

"Dr. Malcolm and a photographer named Greg Callan actually took it. If the perspective is not from the front, but from the right side of this woman, this is the structure." 

I couldn't understand what grandpa was saying. 

However, when I saw a Photograph titled "Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergere: One Scholar's Perspective" that grandpa searched for, it showed a way that I hadn't thought of. 

The woman in the picture is looking straight ahead, so I thought she would be in parallel with the table. 

The Woman was also slightly turning her head, making it possible to have the same composition as Manet's [A Bar at the Folies-Bergre]. 

Probably not the scene Edouard Manet himself saw and drew. 

If he did, it would have been easy to explain just by reproducing the situation when he was criticized at the time. 

However, it was surprising that such a fact was not revealed until 2000. 

After the invention of the camera, there was a tendency to deliberately ignore perspective, light and shade because they thought it was meaningless. 

Perhaps Edouard Manet was a painter who mastered perspective more than anyone else. 

What do you think, it's amazing, right? 

Yes, I've never thought about it like this. 

I should reflect on myself. 

"No one knows if Manet knew this and painted it, or if it coincidentally overlaps with his intentions. But at least we shouldn't downplay Manet's work for the reasons critics put forward at the time." 

As grandpa said. Whether Manet accidentally painted a realistic picture while trying to make it a wide view of the bar, or capturing the moment doesn't matter.

"It is important that [A Bar at the Folies-Bergre] perfectly expresses the section of the most colorful cafe in Paris at the time. 

What should I do? 

How can I put the five characters in one scene? 

I don't think it'll be easy as there are many perspectives. 

After seeing Manet's work, I feel motivated. 

(To be Continued)

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